All I Want For Christmas

Why can’t I make my own mistakes? Why can’t I live my own life? Why can’t I have some friends of my own? I’m a prisoner in my own home, And I want to be free more than anything. All I want for Christmas is my life. I can’t have my own friends. My parents choose them for me. I can’t go out anywhere. My parents seem to know What’s best for me? All I want for Christmas is some trust. Friends leave me. Lovers deceive me. Siblings fight with me. Teachers pass and fail me. Parents imprison me. All I want for Christmas is my freedom. I can walk away Or I can stay. I can leave them behind Or watch them fade away. Another night, another day Another love goes away. All I want for Christmas is a little love. Walk in the hallways, Faces pass by. I’ll forget them one of these days. Gossip, rumors, lies, Take many lives My own included. All I want for Christmas is my life.

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